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January 26, 2012

Events play a great role in boosting the economy. Some specific events that shaped the job market the most last year were; some external events, like the Arab Spring, the great slowdown in the US and Eurozone.

Egyptian gas supplies fell from 220 million cubic feet per day in 2010 to an average of 80 million cubic feet in 2011 due to a series of 10 attacks last year on the Arab Gas Pipeline in the Sinai Peninsula that cut off the flow of natural gas.

Lebanon has come under international pressure to abide by international sanctions on neighboring Syria, which include freezing government assets and suspending cooperation with Syria's central bank and some other banks.

While the ADTA has leveraged the golf championship quite successfully to boost leisure tourism in the emirate, they are also big on niche sports like triathlon and take pride in the manner the capital has made giant strides as a sporting hub in the Middle East.

The kingdom should make it a priority to ensure its young people are well prepared for the challenges of working in the modern economy," inJAz Bahrain executive director Shaikha Hessa bint Khalifa Al Khalifa said.